Re:Benjamin Franklin, the truest of American Heroe (Score 1)

Nice sentiment, but what does it have to do with people flying hijacked airplanes into buildings? The world we live in is far different from Franklin's, and it requires a different world view. The wire tapping isn't about trading liberty for security (how has your freedom been reduced by the government listening to Bin Laden's telephone calls?), it's about monitoring the activities of our enemies. Would you have objected to the Allies listening in on calls to and from Axis leaders during WW2? Do you think Franklin would have?